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NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe oldest surviving Christian building in Japan, and a National Treasure. In 1865 hidden Christians declared their faith to a priest here, an event known as the Discovery of the Believers. For two hundred and fifty years the faith had been passed on without a single priest.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesHalf of its second torii was blown away by the atomic bomb, and the remaining half still stands. Called the one-legged torii, it was preserved rather than removed.
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NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe shrine of the Nagasaki Kunchi. It was built to re-establish Shinto in a Nagasaki left in disarray by the spread of Christianity. The Kunchi is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesA stone church. Villages and churches of the hidden Christians are scattered across the Goto Islands, and together they make up a World Cultural Heritage site.
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NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe islanders laid the brick themselves. The floor is tiled with Arita ware.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesNagasakiShrines & TemplesA stone church, unusual in Japan. The congregation quarried the stone from their own island.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesTwenty-six people were executed on the hill at Nishizaka. Pilgrims come here from all over the world.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesIt collapsed in the atomic bombing. The scorched statues and the bell tower were kept.
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NagasakiShrines & TemplesFive torii standing in the sea. At spring high tides, seawater reaches close to the shrine halls.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesIt carries a tradition of being the birthplace of Shinto. The Tsukiyomi Jinja in Kyoto is said to have divided from here.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesOne of the four Fukuji temples of Nagasaki. Its Chinese-style precinct survives.
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NagasakiShrines & TemplesKnown for take-n-gei, in which young men dressed as foxes dance high on bamboo poles.
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